May 20th, 2009 at 5:00PM: The days of the private jet may be over – or at least put off for a while – but those with means are still doing all they can to avoid commercial flights. Fuel prices have come down over the past year, but it still costs a bundle to put a private jet in the sky, especially when much of that "extra cash" has disappeared.
So, it looks like uncooperative financial markets are making ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Flexjet cards moving, as even the rich feel the sting
May 20th, 2009 at 5:00PM: The days of the private jet may be over – or at least put off for a while – but those with means are still doing all they can to avoid commercial flights. Fuel prices have come down over the past year, but it still costs a bundle to put a private jet in the sky, especially when much of that "extra cash" has disappeared.
So, it looks like uncooperative financial markets are making ...News from Sugar not sweet: Pay up front
Apr 14th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Brits interested in chartering jets may have to crack out the checkbook up front from now on. Sir Alan Sugar, owner of luxury charter service Amsair, says credit won't cut it, as he tries to whittle down his company's bad debts. For some, being given the choice to pay up front is fortunate ... others are just being turned away. In what can only be described as a "no shit" moment, Sugar explains to ...Private jet, 4 weeks in hotel, starts at NZ$1
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:00AM: The bidding starts at NZ$1, but it probably won't stay there long! New Zealand Luxury is auctioning more than NZ$30,000 in luxury travel with a reserve that's 0.033% of its value. The package includes four weeks worth of accommodations at an exclusive private villa, flights on a private jet and local trips by helicopter. Oh, and did I mention the yacht? And the chauffeur-driven private car? Yeah, ...Bad economy? Quit whining and buy a private jet!
Feb 11th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Sorry about the rude title for this article, but it's the heart of the message being delivered by the poor jet makers at Cessna. See, they are fed up with the bad publicity the private jet has received in recent weeks. Fed up with the press complaining about broke automakers taking their jets to DC, fed up with the public complaining about their morally corrupt bankers flying the company jet to ...Super Bowl attracts fewer private jets
Jan 31st, 2009 at 3:00PM: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: rich people feel pain, too. Super Bowl weekend is usually a big one for private jet rental, but a fierce recession is forcing more to take airlines or ... dare I say it ... watch the game at home. Around 750 private jets are expected to touch down in Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII, down 25 percent from last year's 1,000. The last time the Super Bowl was ...Flexjet gives rich people new choices
Jan 26th, 2009 at 12:00PM: The wealthy feel pain, just like the rest of us. As we fight the tightening walls of a global recession, Flexjet is making things a little easier for the world's financial elite. If you're looking to extend the value of your private jet dollar, these two programs could be exactly what you need. If, on the other hand, you are like me, read something else, maybe the Cockpit Chronicles or Galley ...Don't buy the whole plane
Dec 24th, 2008 at 9:00AM: There's only one shopping day left until Christmas, and you're in a bind. Like me, you haven't done any shopping yet. Fortunately, unlike me, you have at least $100,000 to throw down on a present for your wife, girlfriend or both. So, don't be greedy and hoard all that cash for yourself. Give a friend the great gift of fractional jet ownership. The Flexjet 25 Expert Guide Edition jet card offers ...TSA Wants to Screen Passengers of Private Jets
Oct 11th, 2008 at 12:00PM: The TSA wants to expand its reach to include the 15,000 private and corporate jets and 300+ small airports that are currently outside its jurisdiction. The security agency claims that many of the jets are the same size as small commercial planes and could be used to commit acts of terrorism. They want all private jet passengers and crews to pass a background check before boarding their planes. ...Poor Puff Diddy Daddy forced to fly with us commoners
Aug 30th, 2008 at 12:30PM: Rising fuel prices are a major pain for most of us, but you just know things are going sour when even the super-rich have to give up their private jet and travel on a commercial airline. Puff Daddy/Diddy/P.Daddy/P.Diddy/Puffy has decided that the cost of a private jet trip from L.A. to New York is just too high, even for him ($200,000 r/t), and he will be joining us on scheduled commercial ...
Talking travel with an insider of the personal jet industry
Aug 11th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Bob Knebel is vice president of sales for Flexjet, a subsidiary of the jet-maker Bombardier which sells shares of private jets to frequent fliers. This is a relatively new trend in the marketplace. He's here to give a glimpse into what actually goes on in the world of ultra jet-setters. For owners of private jets, is the airport process totally different from what we commoners have to bear? Can ...Private Jet Market Hits Europe
Nov 28th, 2006 at 7:49AM: Although the U.S. accounts for 3/4ths of the world's business jet fleet, a start-up aims to make inroads in Europe, according to the Financial Times. Hopefully coming in 2009, JetBird will be based in Switzerland, and offer Europe's first low-cost, on-demand private jet service. The youthful founder, Domhnal Slattery has a pedigree, having gotten his start in the industry under Tony Ryan ...
